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White Jewish girl in a bubble

February 12, 2026February 15, 2026 america, Asian, Beachwood, Black, bubble, Emily Einhorn, guilt, hate, Jewish, joke, lucky, OH, opportunity, small town, stand up, suburb, target, White girl, white guilt

Emily Einhorn,
Beachwood, OH.

Whenever there is talk about racism, a part of me feels guilty. I have lived in a small suburb my entire life. In this town, people joke you’re either black, Jewish, or Asian. I have never witnessed a racist act and I feel as if I’ve missed out on being a part of a prominent aspect in American culture. I have never felt targeted as a Jew and I have never seen any of my friends be targeted for the color of their skin. I am taught that, that is not how America really is and as ridiculous as it sounds I want to have the opportunity to stand up for what I believe is wrong. I hate feeling like a lucky little white girl.

Just want credit it is due.

June 21, 2022June 21, 2022 Ancestors, Beachwood, blame, credit, internal struggle, Jasmine Shabazz, Minority, Ohio, pain, Play the Race Card, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, slavery, speak out, struggle, tight knit, white

Jasmine Shabazz,
Beachwood, Ohio.

So, never once have I blamed the white kids and there families for slavery. Never once did I say there ancestors enslaved mine. And I hate to look like the girl who always plays the race card, or who always wants to cry about the struggles my ancestors went through. But when I feel like my struggle is being downplayed or overlooked I can’t help but too speak out. And to my peers it may seem like I’m always speaking, but that’s the result of being more than one minority. My mother is Puerto rican and black, My father is Saudi Arabian and black. Highly unfavored! And I would never put my struggle over anyone else’s but at my school it is a high concentration of Jewish people and its so amazing to me too see there culture thrive and how tight knit the community is. And so when you sit in a class of kids that are mainly Jewish it seems at times that there struggle is being put over mine. And that doesn’t go down easy for me because after there oppression they bounced back and I commend there community for being so strong. But my people are still so broken that we can’t seem to get ahead and this kills me because I wish after our culture has been erased and we have been stepped on that we can come back and unify and show how magic us ” Blacks” really are. But in 2016 it seems impossible. SO I’m sorry if this has offended anyone but I can’t hold my tongue when it comes to defending and representing my ancestors. I accept there struggle as my own and it will not be forgotten until the pain is.

Terrified of driving because I’m black

November 17, 2016 African American Man, Andre Conway, Beachwood, car, driving, Driving while black, DWB, OH, police, terrified

Andre Conway,
Beachwood, OH.

I am an 18 year old`African American man. Even though I am happy about being black, at the same time I am terrified of getting pulled over because of who I am. All the killings that are going on in our country just by police officers are crazy. Black people are losing their lives by just getting pulled over. That is not cool at all and that hurts because one of those people could’ve been someone I knew or even me. And I find that really messed up that I have to worry about not making it during the day just because I’m driving a car while black.